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COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, Nov. 4.1865.
Xii? Proposed Kew Code.
We continue, this morning, onr synopsis
of the Report of the Committee on the
Code.
MASTER A>D 8KRVA>"T.-The Code pro?
vides, that when the servant shall depart
from tho service of the master, without
good cause, he shall forfeit the wages due
him. The servant shall ohoy all lawful
orders uf thc master or his Agent, and
?ball be honesty truthful, sober, civil and
diligent in Iiis business. The master may
moderately correct servant? under eighteen
years of age, and he may discharge a ser?
vant for wilful disobedience of bis or his
agent's lawful orders; or for habitual nc
ghgencc or indolence, and for other causes
named. The master shall not bc hable for
voluntary trespasses, torts or misdemea?
nors of bis servant. The master's right of
self-defence shall embrace his servant, and
it shall be his duty to protect him from
violence by others in his presence, and to
render bim moral aid and assistance in ob?
taining redress for injury to his rights of
person or property.
Thu master may command bis servant to
aid him in defence of bis own person,
family, premises or property, or the person
or property of an}- servant on tho pre?
mises of his master.
W? e vtract t&G following sections entire,
?va they are of great importance to all par
tics interested:
Thc. servant may depart from the master's
berviee f.ir an insufficient supply of whole?
some food, for an unauthorized battery
?pon bis own person, or one of bis family,
not committed in defence of the person,
family, guests or agents of the muster, ol?
io prevent a crime or aggravated misde?
meanor; for habitual drunkenness of the
master;'invasion of the conjugal rights of
the servant; violent and menacing conduct j
of the master: or his failure to pay wages
when due; and may recover wages due for
services rendered "to the tune of his de?
parture
The contract for service -hal! not be ter?
minated by the death cf thc master, with?
out the assent of thc servant. ?Vages due
to servants thal! be preferred to ali other
debts or demands, except funeral expenses,
in case or' thc insufficiency uf thc master's
property to pay all debts and demands
against bim. When wrongfully discharged
from service, the servant shall recover
wages for the whole period ol' service, ac?
cording to the contract, whether or not his
wages ]iav?* been paid to the period of his
discharge. If his wages have not been
paid to t'ne dav of his dise-harpe, be may
regard bis contract rescinded by the dis?
charge, and recover wages up to that time.
The master shall receivo into Iiis employ?
ment the servant with whom he has mad.;
a contract; but any of the causes which
may jubtify him in "discharging a servant,
shall justify him in refusing to receive
him.
The master shall, at the expiration of his
term of service, at thc request of the ser?
vant, give him a certificate of character.
The servant shall not be liable for con?
tracts made by the express authority of Ins
master.
A servant shall not be liable, civilly or
?runiually, for ?ny act done on the premises
of the master, "by the command of his
master, in defence of tho master's person,
family, guests, agents, servant, premises,
or property. He shall wot be- liable for any
tort committed on the promises of the
master, by bis express command.
Hocsx SERVANTS.-Thc rules and regula?
tions prescribed for master anti servant ap?
ply to persons in service as household ser?
vant?, conferring the same rights, and
imposing the same duties, with thc follow?
ing modifications :
Servante, in the various duties of th?
household, and in aU the domestic duties of
thc famdy, shah, at all hours of the day or
night, and on all days of the week, prompt?
ly answer all calls and obey and execute all
lawful cr do rs and commands of the family
in whose service they ai e employed.
Masters and their families shaU, after ten
o'clock at night, and on Sundays, make no
calls on their servante, nor exact any
service of them, which exigencies - of the
household or family do not make necessary
or unavoidable.
The wages of honsebold servants shall,
in the absence of any agreement, be fixed
by the Judge of the District Court or a
Magistrate, and be payable at the end of
each month.
It is thc duty of this class of servants to
be especially civil and polite to their mas?
ters their families and guests, and they
shall receive gentle and kind treatment.
In all contracts between master and ser?
vant for service, tho foregoing regulations
shall be. stipulations, unless it shall be
otherwise provided in the contract ; and
the following form shall bo a sufficient con?
tract, unless soino special agreement be
made between the parties :
I (name of servant) do hereby agree with
(name of master) to be his (here insert tho |
words, " household servant," or " servant
in husbandry," as the case may be,) from |
the date hereof, at thc- wages of (here in?
sert the waves to bc paid-by the year or
mouth .) abd in consideration thereof T
(name of master) agree, to receive the said
(name of servant) as such servant, and
to pay him the said wages, this ?
dav of lft<; .
Witnes?
[Signed] A, B
L\ F. C. I).
1 approve the above contract tb.it
day of 186 .
[c. s.j
-Tu<be? ot ?L< District ( ocr:, or Magis?
trat?
Mechanics, artisans and shop-keepers
(colored) fdir.li be licensed by the Judge of
th<- District Court, and shall pay therefor,
if a male, ten dollars, and ii a f.-ni-de, three
dollars.
Jefferson Davin.
Tho trial of Mr. Jefferson Davis for
treason is still a matter of " very groat
doubt. Tlie New York Herald asserts that
it is soon to take place, either at Washing?
ton or at Bichxnond, and gives to its asser?
tions an sir of truth, by going into the mi?
nutest details ?is to the number, names
and character of thc eminent counsel who
have boen retained by the prosecution and
the defence.
On the other band, tho Herald's report is
declared purely sensational by other load?
ing New York journals, and thc usually
well informed Washington journals are
silent upon the subject.
The Richmond Times says that the pe?
titions for the pardon of Mr. Davis are
pouring in upon President Johnson in a
constantly increasing volume. legislative
assemblies, religious synod's, scores of
thousands of Southern women, the muni?
cipal authorities of leading cities and
towns, have recently sent np eloquent and
touching appeals in his behalf. The circle ?
of sympathy for the unfortunate gentleman
is widening every day, and froin Italy and
other sections of Europe, thc President is
importuned to extend to him that eic- j
money of which ao many less prominent
participants in the rebellion havu been tho !
grateful recipients.
.ia Old Friend.
Wu received, yesterday, a copy of the
Now Orleans Crescent, which has been sus?
pended for some months by the military
authorities. It is an ably conducted
journal.
CHARLESTON MIMCTPAI. ELECTION. -Tho
following is the result of the election, hold
in Charleston on Wednesday last, for
Mayen and Aldermi n:
Mayor-P. C. Gaillard.
Aldermen -Wann No. 1-William Rave
nek John G. Milnor.
WVRD No. 2-Thomar Evan, James j:.
Pringle.
WARD NO. :J-James W. Brown. J. P.
Earle, P. M. Butler.
WARD NO. 4-Jacob Small, Archibald '
Cameron, J. K. Steinmeyor, W. L. Prcn
holm, Henrv Gerdts.
Wann No. 5-J. H. Honour, 7, B. Oakes, j
WARD NO. 6-Edwin Willis, E. W Mar?
shall.
WARI; NO. 7- E. 1). Boston.
WARD NO. 8-W. G. Whilderi.
NASHVILLE.- This city had 28,000 inhabi?
tants at the beginning of the war. It now
numbers over 30,000 souls. 500 new build?
ings have been erected within two years.
The headquarters aud depot of an immense
army, the people of the city have made
any quantity of money, and Nashville is
now one of the most prosperous and
wealthy cities of tin South.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE TX COLORADO.-Thc
people of Colorado rejected negro suffrage
by about rive votes to one. Ara the people
cf Colorado loyal?
Spain.
The Chicago Republican has a lengthy
article on Spain, past and preaent, from
which we clip thc following paragraphs :
The material improvement within tho
past ten years in h?mense. The popula?
tion by the last official census in 18f>0 had
increased, including adjacent islands, to j
nearly sixteen millione. With the other
colonies in the West and East Indies, thc
monarchy counts nearly twenty-two mil
? hens of people. Madrid hae nftarly doubled
its population within the same period.
Fernando Gai redo, in his work of "Spain
I to-dav," gives tho population of Madrid in
i 1861 as being three hundred and sevonty
! sive thousand. If it bc so, it must certain?
ly contain now, since it has become the
! ccntrfi of several additional railroads, near?
ly half a million. Barcelona contained in
! thc same year 225,025 ; Seville, 152,000 ;
! Valencia, 145,512 ; Granada, 160,670 : Ma?
laga, 112,050; Saragoza, 83,181 ; and Cadiz,
71,941. Banks, institutions of credit, in?
surance companies, and industrial and som
j merdai associations are rapidly multiply?
ing, particularly in Madrid. Catalonia is
covered with cotton mills, foundries and
! manufactories of almost every class. Mad
t rid ia becoming a great place for manufac
! tures. Thc building of railroads ia rapidly
pushed forward, and Madrid is now con?
nected by rail with all the principal cities
[ of Spain, with Paris, with Lyons, Marseilles,
and thero is but a gap of a hundred miles
between it and Lisbon. The navy has be?
come respectable, and the armv, compara?
tively small. (100,000 men, while little Italy,
with no more inhabitants, supports one of
400,000.) ia excellently drilled, provided
with thc most perfect arma, and better and
moro kandeomely clothed than any other
continental army.
All convents for monks h ive been forever
: abolished since lbit?. There are a few nun
I nericg left, hut the* aro all under tba con?
trol of the State. The nuns aro at liberty
to retire at any time from cloister life, and
I but few novices art permitted to enter.
Though tho sile of all church lands was
decreed ns early aa 1*41, upon the liberals
! coming into power under Espartero, the
: law in regard t.. it was slowly executed, and
[ frequently snspt nded whenever the conser
I vatiYes got ir.t? > Mibe.:. But ever .-ince 1855
tho conversion of the church hunts for the
i benefit of tho State into Government se
; < unties h i? bei n constantly going on. The
. church, in return for its landed property,
its enos uni rents, lia?- received from tm
Stat . an rqr.:.! amount of nominal capital
in thc funds, so that tho whole clergy h ive
now become Gov< mr: int employees, recojv
ing their stipends according to spociul stipu?
lation, in monthly instalments. It must
be obvious hi ibo le:?et reflecting that where
tia church d >6s not own a foot of the soil,
and when the salaries of the clergy are
paid by the State, tlo-re can be no danger
of their oppressing either tho Stat . >r the
! people.
Legislature South Carolina.
Thnrsiiay, N'?vtmb?r ii, lS?5r
SENATE.
The Senate met at 13 ru. Th-. Clerk
rea?! the journal of procrsedings nf yester?
day.
.Jlr. Townes was added to the Committee
on Accounts, Vacant Offices and Printing.
Mr. Kershaw offered the report of the
Committee on the Military and Pensions,
on a joint resolution for the sale of the
State Works at Greenville
Mr. Arthur offered a resolution, which
was agreed to, and the committee in?
structed accordingly, that it bo referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary to iuquire
and report what legislation is necessary
for supplying the records of thc various
District offices of this State, which have
been lost or destroyed by the action of thc
Federal army during the lat? war, and
whether any changes in the law of evi?
dence may bo neeess&rv in order to enable
parties to* establish tie former existence
and loss or destruction of private deeds,
bonds, notes, or other evidences of title or
debt, where such deeds, bonds, notes, Ac,
have been lost or destroyed by the ravages
of the late war; and that the committee be
authorized to report by bill or otherwise. !
Mr. Winsmitb offered the following reso?
lution, which was ordered for consideration
to-morrow:
Whereas, the State House of this State
has been destroyed by act of thc United
States troops; and, whereas, the College
buildings are thc only suitable ones in thc
city of Columbia for holding the sessions of
the General Assembly; and whereas, said
buildings are now occupied, to a considera?
ble extent, by the United States troeps; he?
it, therefore*
Resolved, That the Provisional Governor
bc, and he is hereby requested forthwith,
to take such step* a's may be most likely to
procure a removal of the United States
troops, by whom tho College buildings are
now occupied, and a transfer of ><aid build?
ings to the General Assembly, for the use
of thc State.
Tho reports ef the Committee of the
two Houses on the subject of supposed
embarrassments to legislation, growing
out of the provisions in the Constitution for
thc Executive veto, were discussed, and
amendments proposed by Messrs. Tillman,
! Dozier and Kershaw] which, on motion of i
Mr. Johnson, were laid on the table,
i On motion of Mr. Tillman, the Senate ad- I
? journed at half-past S p. m.
f HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tho Clerk called the roll, the Speaker
took the Chair, and the proceedings were
opened with priver by Rev. Mr. Pringle.
Hf. Norton presented the petition cf
Jobi: G. C. Kruse for a divorce irom Cathe?
rine K. Kruse; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mi. Hutsot! introduced a bill to provide a
mode by which to p< rpetuate testimony in
i elation to deeds and records destroyed or
lost; which was read tile first time, and
was referred to thc Committee on thc Ju?
diciary.
Mr. Keitt introduced a resolution, which
was agreed to, that lt be referred to the
Military Committee to inquire into tho ne?
cessity of an early re-organization of the
militia of this State, and report upon thc
practicability of organizing a small military
police for each District, subject to the
orders of thc District Judge.
Mr. Bonham introduced a resolution,
which was agreed to, that it be referred to
thc Committee on tho State- House and
Grounds to inquire and report, as to thc ex?
pediency of covering the new capitol with a
wooden or tin roof, and fitting up the in?
terior for the uso of thc General Assembly.
Mr. Coker introduced a bill to create the
office of Gen9ral Superintendent of Free
Schools, and to amend the laws in relation
to free schools.
Mr. Simonton introduced a bill to amend
and renew the charter of the Calhoun In?
surance Company of Charleston.
Mr. Moore- introduced a biU to restrain
confessions of Judgment and assignments
preferring' creditors.
Mr. W. E. Miked introduced a resolut ?on,
which was agreed to, that it be referred to
thc Judiciary Committee to inquire and
report as to thc propriety of so-amending
the law of lpeading, as to expedite the bu?
siness of the Circuit Court.
Mr. Barker introduced a resolution, -
1 which was agreed to, that it be referred to
the Cammittee on the Military to inquire
and report as to tho oxpodiency of reducing
tho salary of the office of Adjutant ami
Inspector-General to a scale commensurate
with the present importance of the State as
a military power.
On motion of Mr. Pressley, the House
proceeded to thc consideration of the mat?
tere with reference to the seat of Gen. A.
C. Carlington, as a member of this House,
and the opinion of the Attorney-General in
thc case, to the effect that Gen. Garlington
was entitled t? a seat, was ordered to bo
printed in thc journal.
Adjourned.
D.VNOEBOrs COCSTEBFEIT TBKA?CBY
NOTES."-A new counterfeit fifty-donas
treasury note has been detected, and it is
said that a largo amount has been taken by
ono of the Government officials. Experts
pronounco it to be tho best counterfeit that
bas yet appearod. It can be detected by
thc- following points : in the genuine fifties
tho words .' Fifty " and figures "50" on tho
end of the note and surrounding it, form '
tb. border of the circle in the centre of
the back-they are octagonal in the conn"
terfeit
-? -
Mr. \V*. W. Heddon is a candidate for
Gubernatorial honor.- iu Korti: Carolina.
In bis paper-the Raleigh Standard-of thc
25th, be holds out the following induce?
ments to the voters:
"lt :s generally thought that if our
people snow a stivi.g Union tendency in
tie.-, coming elections: if ?bey rebuke secas
S'cnism and hostility to the Government
whenever it ebowsits* If. that the President
will extent! to North Carolina * general
acme itv."
TEXAS BEEVES. -Immense herd? of cattle
are pouring into Louisiana from TOxas,
and the pnc< of beef in New Orleans has
fallen fifteen cents In other; parts of the
State the price range., from seven to ten
rents por pound
Our Financer-Til?; Pu?>.lic Debt anti
Hie Currency?
Thc return of peace to thc feunntry has
Li ought with il other consKi?rfaiionft b?
aide? those of :t ?tciotly political bearing.
It haa.bronprht forcibly to otir understand?
ing, that during thc progress, of the war
we contracted a debt which already ex?
hibits tho round numbers of m'iirlv
$3,000.000,000, to which a sixth of the
aggregate will probably be added before
the liabilities incurred are all cancelled. It
tells us also that this enormous expendi?
ture ha? entailed upon the Government the
necessary annual payment of ?180,0OC,000
in the shape of interest; to which wc must
add th? expenses of an extraordinarily
large peace establishment and the per
centHge for the sinking fund, in order to
get an idea of th? amount of taxes that
must be levied to keep the machinery in
working ordor. Hundreds of projects and
theories have been advanced hy financial
scribblers to show how the " necessary
amount of money to Meet tho yearly ex?
penses of the Government can "be raised
without oppressiiiK the people or running
the risk of ?"reating monetary disorder: but
not ono of them would bear "thc test of ap?
plicability to existing circumstances, or
that history would not show to be falla?
cious.
Besides we have afloat au irredeemable
paper circulation, which may be detailed as
follows :
Greenbacks, so-called.?128,160,369
Fractional currency. 26,487,755
Interest bearing legal tenders.. 217,012,141
National bank notes. 200,925.730
State bank bills, estimated. 50,900,000
Total amount of currency. ..$922,586,215 '
Thc redemption of this vast amount of
currency attracts to a greater extent at
present tho attention of men moving in
monetary circle? than does the ultimate
cancelling of our enormous public debt.
Tht financial histories of European nations
aro in vain referred to tn the hope of Und?
ing some successful theory that might
bc profitably followed. The records of
England are searched, and nothing is j
found that by imitating would bo unattend?
ed with danger, lt is soon that a:- the
cose ot her protracted struggle with France
her finances wer< as low as art our own at
the present tim.-, while ber debt was more
than equal, lt is ils>> seen, that while
gold was at a dis. "nut of 80 to 15 per cent, i
the laud-holders and bond-holders, in lier
ass? tobie.! Parliament, through"interested
motive s. sought t > reston the currency to
the metallic basis, and that in the aft em] t,
although partially successful, they brought
upon tie country a Series ol'disasters
which nearly rubied her commerce, pros?
trated her trade, and impoverished her
working people. Th< Batik of England,
which was iiiduocd, in 1821, nomina.iv to
pay specie:, was forced to adopt the rule of
contraction to save itself, and the groat ro
vulsion of 1823, winch was about the most
severe that England ever felt or the world
ever knew, was tho consequence. It wa.
then discovered that forcing a return to
the specie basis was a streike of mistaken
policy, and it required thc succeeding five
years anet tho mild influences of trie laws ot
trade and the strength bestowed by in?
creased population to restore th'.- finances
of England to a sound and healthy con?
dition. Are we: prepared to submit tc the
trials that thc British Government expe?
rienced during the peri? >d embraced between
1815 and 1825? If not, let us refrain from
looking thither for precedents for our
action. Let. us rather permit our increas- |
; ing trade, foreign and domestic, the mutual i
i augmentation of our already immense ical j
! wealth, and the steady additions to our
population, to work out thc problem of a
return to the apecie basia and the manner
of discharging our national debt.
Secretary Mcculloch, like Nicholas Van
sitart, the English Chancellor of tho Ex
ohequer at the time Great Britain was
struggling to overcome her monetary dif?
ficulties, has announced his dosirc "for a
ap?Aedy restoration of specie payments; but
be is, nevertheless, fully aware of the
dangers that would attend hasty action in
that respeet. Those who anticipate the
use of gold in their daily transactions for a
year or two hence will bo sadly disappoint?
ed. And if, at any time, summary mea?
sures are adopted by Congress to bring
about such a result, or the wild theories of
Thaddeus ' Stevons, of Peunsylvraia, who
was Chairman of th?Committee of Ways
and Means, in the last Congress, are lis?
tened to, we must look for the re-enacting,
of those scenes which not only ruined ana
pauperized a largo portion of the people
of thc British Islands at the time we have
referred to, but brought that country to
the verge of a revolution.
At the next meeting of Congress, one of
the most important subjects that will pro?
bably be brought forward is that relating
to the condition of our finances;, but,we
can anticipate no good results from the
tinkering process that thc cmestios will be
likely to undergo at the hands of the mom
bora" The people of the country, qualified
by their i n ter cours o with each other and
with tho world at largs, better understand
thc requirements of trade and commerce
than political mountebanks and visionary
theorists. We recommend, therefore, that
thc matter of our finances bo left in their
hands, in which event wo will be more likely
to avoid the disastrous consequences of a
financial revulsion than if Congress at?
tempts to force measures for tho immediate
transformation of onr present monetary
Statns.- Xetn York lierai').
Maiamoras dates to the 2(*>th instant,
direct, say the Liberals have been whippet',
and driven oil.
Jeihn Mitchell has boen released, ? Titi "ult
Fort,ess Monroe, on the 31st, for Rich?
mond.
Generals Longstreet ami Hood have ar?
rived at Cairn. p>* rovie for Washington.
SHIP SEWS.
POET OF CHARLESTON, NOV. 1.
ARRIVED vi ST ERD A"
Eng G. T. Geerv, Concklin, Philadelphia.
Br. sehr. Alice Flora, Knowles, Nassau.
Sehr. Francisco, Smoot, Baltimore.
IN THE ?FFTN'O.
Br. bark Sarah Payson, Dakin, Cardiff.
Brig Ira, Williams, Boston.
WENT TO SEA YtSTERPAY.
Steamship Starlight, Podrick, New York.
Jt\sr PtrEi.isHE?. -Th? Sack and Destruc?
tion <>i tue City ?.r Coitenhia, originally
published in til- ?ommbin Ph ven ix. A
pamphlet edition of tbeS above bas just
been issued and ? for salo ;:t tuisotl're
pric<* il .i copy.
ASOTHEH OLP PUIZXD.-lt will bc seen
that Mr. McKenzie is prepared to supply
those in need, with candy, bread and cakes
of every description. Mr. McKenzie is so
well known as a baker and confectioner,
that it is unnecessary to ??ay mere than to
call attention to his advertisement. He
deserves patronage and success.
SCPKKB WISE.--We arc indebted to
Messrs. Calnan & Krcuder for a sample (>r
the best champagne wo have tasted for
many years. It. throws completely into
the shade, for richness and flavor, the old
established brandi? of 'Heidsiek,* 'Ronche,
'Star,'and other? that we might mention.
A good judge of the article pronounced
this wine superior to any of them, and we
agree with him in bis opinion.
CROOKEIIT, HonsB-ximi'iKO A;VTICL::S, ie.
Our readers wid perceive thai, in accord?
ance with an announcement made some
weeks since, our old friend and neighbor,
W. B. Stanley, Esq., so well and favorably
kno'.vn in his line of business, is ag:eln pre?
pared t ) furnish his custom* rs with ali the
articles necessary to house-keeping usually
found in such an establishment.
LAWS OF THE USJTKD STATES. .. By orders
from Secretary Seward, we shall, in a few
days commence thc publication it: the
Pltosnix, of :iil Laws, Resolutions, etc.,
passed by rh? Congre.-.- of tl. United
States during the 1st. 2d and 3d Sessions of
the 37th Congress, .md those ot the 1st
and Jd. Sessions of the 8Sth Consrcss. As
important information to The entire South
will be embraced m 'h;.- publication, we
give due notice, so that all persons desirous
of keeping thoroughly posted, can -ni -
scribe at once.
NEW ADVKETISEJIE>'TS. Attention ie call?
ed tc the following advertisements', ?viiich
ar? published foi th? ars" ;:me this morn
ins:
J. F. Elsenmann -Merchant Tailor.
Recommendation of E. J. Scott, Eso..
F. Cantwell-Scotch Whiskey.
*. -Apples, Onion.-, .v.-.
Jacob Levin-House and Lot.
-Residence and Farm
" -Horses and Mole -. SK
C. li. Baldwin-Buckwheat Fleur.
" -Bank Notes Wanted.
Coftin & Ravencl- -Crackers.
" " Butter, .Vc.
Annual Meeting Stockh'rs W. & M. ii Ii
True Brotherhood Lodge-Meeting.
Apply at this Ofrico Cook Wanted
A. R. Phillips-Furniture, Crockery, ic.
F. F. Cuttino-Flour. Cheese, &c.
The Coiif?-<te'<-a.<* State? D?lit*.
The following despatch from thc Presi?
dent to Governor Holden, we take from thc
Raleigh Standard of a recent date :
WASHECOTON CITV, October IS, 1805.
W. W. Holden, Provisional Governor:
Every dollar of the State debt, created to
aid the" rebellion against the United State,
should bo repudiated, anally and forever.
The great mass of the people should not
be taxed to pav a debt to aid in carrying on
a rebellion which they in fact, if left to
themselves, were opposed to. Let those
who have given their means for the obliga?
tions of the State, look to that power they
tried to establish in violation of law, con
? stitution, and will of the people. They
must meet their fate. It is their mis
I fortune, and cannot be recognized by tho
?ieople of any State professing themselves
oyal to the Government of the United
I States, and in the Union,
i I repeat, that the loyal people of North
Carolina should be exonerated from the
payment of every dollar of indebtedness
croatod to aid in carrying on thc rebellion.
I trust and hope that the people of North
Carolina will wash their hands of every?
thing that partakes, in the slighest degree,
of the rebellion, which has been so re?
cently crushed by the strong arm-of the
Government,' in carrying out the obliga?
tions imposed by the_ Constitution of the
! union. AWLUVB/W JOHNSON,
I President of the United States.
COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, October 31.-Flour has ad?
vanced 5@10c. Corn has advanced lc.
Beef firm. Pork heavy. Whiskey ?lull.
Cotton dull and declined lc.-sales 1,037
bales. Sugar firm. Naval stores quiet.
Gold 148*.
WILMINGTON, November 1.-387 bbls. tar
sold at ?5.75; 26 bbls. turpentine, at M.30,
and 66 bbls. at HM; 30 bbls. rosin, at >.">.0?,
30 bbls. spirits turpentine, at 72"e Two
lots of cotton were sold, at 16@50e.
CHAnnoTTE, November 1.--Owing to re?
cent advices from tko Northern markets,
cotton was quit?: dull, and suffered a il 'cline
of 2^c3c. per pound. Thc market ranged
from 2?@26c. in gold, and K)@43 in cur?
rency, lucre have beet: larg.) amounts of
gold changing hands to-day. We quote
the market rate.-; at 115;silv< r bu?
Eicavoxn, October 30.-Then is no
change in the pnce .>.' gold since om last
quotations. Brokers aro offering 51.15,
and selling at 51.47 silver i.- bought .:t
? l. io -large pie< es.
BASE ]S O rr.-.. - Bank >i' Camden, 2Sc.;
Charleston, 26c. : Chester, 23c; Georgetown,
17c: Hamburg, 17c; Newberry, 25c.: irloutb
Carolina, ISc; Ntuio of South Carolina,
18c: Commercial Bank, Columbia. 15c;
Exchange Bank, Columbia, l?c: Farmers'
and Exchange, 15e., Merchants', Cheraw,
2Uc; People's Bank, 50c: Planters', 15c,
Planters' and Mechanics', 20c; nth-west?
ern Railroad, 20c; State, 15c; Union, ("Oe.